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The cranial nerves are composed of twelve pairs of nerves that emanate from the nervous tissue of the brain. In order to reach their targets they must ultimately exit\/enter the cranium through openings in the skull. Hence, their name is derived from their association with the cranium. The following are the list of cranial nerves and their functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cranial nerves are composed of twelve pairs of nerves that emanate from the nervous tissue of the brain. In order to reach their targets they must ultimately exit\/enter the cranium through openings in the skull. Hence, their name is derived from their association with the cranium. The following are the list of cranial nerves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[85],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2259,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/2259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Name<\/th> Function<\/th><\/tr> olfactory<\/td> The olfactory nerve carries impulses for the sense of smell.<\/td><\/tr> optic<\/td> The optic nerve carries impulses for the sense of sight.<\/td><\/tr> occulomotor<\/td> The occulomotor nerve is responsible for motor enervation of upper eyelid muscle, extraocular muscle and pupillary muscle.<\/td><\/tr> trochlear<\/td> The trochlear nerve controls an extraocular muscle.<\/td><\/tr> trigeminal<\/td> The trigeminal nerve is responsible for sensory enervation of the face and motor enervation to muscles of mastication (chewing).<\/td><\/tr> abducent<\/td> The abducent nerve enervates a muscle, which moves the eyeball.<\/td><\/tr> facial<\/td> The facial nerve enervates the muscles of the face (facial expression).<\/td><\/tr> vestibulocochlear<\/td> The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the sense of hearing and balance (body position sense).<\/td><\/tr> glossopharyngeal<\/td> The glossopharyngeal nerve enervates muscles involved in swallowing and taste. Lesions of the ninth nerve result in difficulty swallowing and disturbance of taste.<\/td><\/tr> vagus<\/td> The vagus nerve enervates the gut (gastrointestinal tract), heart and larynx.<\/td><\/tr> accessory<\/td> The accessory nerve enervates the sternocleidomastoid muscles and the trapezius muscles.<\/td><\/tr> hypoglossal<\/td> The hypoglossal nerve enervates the muscles of the tongue.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"